Last evening I was with a small group of neighbors working on a group project when our conversation turned to heating our homes this winter- the cost of doing that, what each of us are doing to achieve that, and alternative ways to do it without a large dependence on natural gas.
Our hostess had apologized [...]
Two months ago, I saved this quote on my desktop. At the time, I didn’t know why. Now I know. Events and comments made during this 2008 presidential campaign season have illuminated why we need to heed these words by Harry S. Truman:
Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of [...]
Below is an email that I received after I signed the petition to demand labeling of Gene-Altered Food.
Dear Friends,
I have just read and signed the petition: “Frankenfood? Demand Labeling of Gene-Altered Food!”.
Please take a moment to read about this important issue, and join me in signing the petition. It takes just 30 seconds, but can [...]
While in Tennessee visiting my granddaughter Teagan and her parents, one day, as I sipped my coffee, I began thinking about the global financial crisis which led me to financiers, stock brokers, and bankers. Suddenly, my mind wandered over to pirates. At that time, my take was that pirates way back when had a code [...]
Warren Buffett knows if you are going to take on great risk, be sure to negotiate a hard bargain and at least have the option to make millions. I just received my latest edition of The Economist where I learned this.
I haven’t seen anything on line about the $700 Billion Bailout of the banking industry. [...]
I do. Look we never asked to be the focal point of the 2008 General Election. Who knew that the phrase “lipstick on a pig” would become the most important topic on the political scene with just six weeks left until the American Public vote for their next leader?
There hasn’t been this much to talk [...]
Lately, in news stories and on blogs I have read a lot of criticism about my generation–the boomers. Some of it deserved. some of it written by journalists and bloggers who are obviously not boomers. Even when we were younger, our parents’ generation called us the “me” generation so a lot of what is written [...]
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